The Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL), the leading organization for professional film, television, video game, and musical theater composers and lyricists, announced the winners of the 6th Annual SCL Awards® held Feb.12 in Los Angeles at Skirball Cultural Center. The event was hosted by GRAMMY-winning singer-songwriter Colin Hay (Men at Work, Ringo Starr’s All-Starr Band).
Oscar, Golden Globe, and GRAMMY-winning composer Atticus Ross took home two awards. He received OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG FOR A COMEDY OR MUSICAL VISUAL MEDIA PRODUCTION for "Compress/Repress," co-written for the film Challengers with frequent collaborator Trent Reznor, along with and Luca Guadagnino. Ross and collaborators Leopold Ross and Nick Chuba also won OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A TELEVISION PRODUCTION for the series Shōgun.
Top honors for film scoring went to Oscar-nominated composers Kris Bowers, who won ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A STUDIO FILM for The Wild Robot, and Daniel Blumberg won OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN INDEPENDENT FILM for The Brutalist. For the third year-in-a-row, another SCL Award for songwriting went to 16-time Oscar nominee Diane Warren who won OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG FOR A DRAMATIC OR DOCUMENTARY VISUAL MEDIA PRODUCTION for her song "The Journey" from The Six Triple Eight.
The SCL’s 2025 SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION AWARD honored award-winning composer Harry Gregson-Williams and legendary director Ridley Scott, who have collaborated on seven films including Gladiator II, The Martian, and Kingdom of Heaven. Last year, Martin Scorsese accepted the SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION AWARD for his work with the late composer Robbie Robertson. Other past award recipients include Thomas Newman and Sam Mendes, Terence Blanchard and Spike Lee, Carter Burwell and the Coen Brothers, and Justin Hurwitz and Damien Chazelle.
5X Emmy winner Jeff Beal (Rome, Monk, and Angel Studios upcoming feature Rule Breakers) received the SCL’s JURY AWARD for his critically-acclaimed score for the classic 1920 silent film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, which he premiered and performed live to picture in June at Carnegie Hall. Past SCL Jury award winners include Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels’ opera Omar, and the multimedia concert event Women Warriors: The Voices of Change led by conductor Amy Andersson. Composer Andrea Datzman received the DAVID RAKSIN AWARD FOR EMERGING TALENT for her score for Inside Out 2.
The 2025 SCL Awards® celebrated not just the artistry and achievements of its community, but also its remarkable spirit of resilience and hope in the face of hardship. “While technology and musical styles have certainly evolved over the SCL’s existence, the mission of our community remains the same -- ensuring that creators receive the compensation, recognition and respect they deserve. Our success relies on the support we have for each other. Our community is our strength, and it’s our responsibility to keep it thriving. We owe it to ourselves, to those who came before us, and to those who aspire to do what we do.”
